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blurbsen-us60LiveWhale 1.5Thomas McClendon
Professor McClendon's most recent book, The South Africa Reader, received a rave review from the LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) Review of Books. The conclusion: "The South Africa Reader makes for gripping reading and a comprehensive treatment of the country's exciting past and tumultuous present – a must for any eager student of South Africa." You can read the full review here.
]]>Wed, 02 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500044a23cadb567653eb51d4eb40acaa88blurbs2754Spring 2014Shana BernsteinShana Bernstein, associate professor of history, presented a paper on March 15 at the American Society of Environmental History conference in San Francisco. The paper is titled"The Garbage Ladies of the Settlements: Environmental Health in Progressive-Era Chicago."
]]>Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -05005a45828dead8c065099cb653a2185df1blurbs2744Spring 2014Melissa ByrnesMelissa Byrnes, assistant professor of history, published an article entitled "Liberating the Land or Absorbing a Community: Managing North African Migration and the Bidonvilles in Paris's Banlieues" in the Winter 2013 special issue of French Politics, Culture & Society, "Algerian Legacies in Metropolitan France."
]]>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -06000c215f194276000be6a6df6528067151blurbs2652Spring 2014Shana BernsteinShana Bernstein, associate professor of history, chaired a panel on "Catholics, Racial Justice, and Reassessing Religion in the Long Civil Rights Movement," at the American Historical Association conference in Washington, D.C., in early January.
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